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Magnify Launches a Graphic Share Library for New Custom Themes

Magnify's video network was always about sharing, and the new Graphic Share Library is another way in which the network is letting you work with other users for a custom media-centric experience. This new Graphic Share Library is an "open source" approach to enabling themes and other elements to be utilized across all the Mangify members.

It's a creative sharing space for giving and taking: templates with color themes, graphic backgrounds, icons, and even CSS tweaks will help you better personalize your Magnify network and channels. This is particularly important for those users that would like to integrate the design of their Magnify network into their existing websites as much as possible. Anyone that runs a web-based operation and realizes the benefits of incorporating free, third-party services for added features and context to their own site knows that a simple color choice can throw the whole thing off.

To get things started, Magnify has revealed a Graphics Bonus Pack with 75 different elements, spanning templates and themed channel graphics for things like sports, food, newspapers and politics. These themes include a new navigation icon as well as new "Video Upload" icons and divider graphics. There's also a new tab for site builders that gives you easy access to the new tools and community sharing options.

Themed websites and applications are nothing new: a very large community has been built around this concept for Wordpress and MySpace, and Mozilla is also quite vested in fueling its designer base for the benefit of all users. Given Magnify's growing options for integrated use of its service, it's not surprising to see the video-sharing service go in this direction.

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